Heroin please help me kick

[vanillavaudevil]

hi all,

(i know there are several similar threads on here about this topic but i need some advice about kicking dope)

this is my first time detoxing without meds (like clonodine) and also the first time i really have to hide what's happening (i lived alone the other times i kicked and was able to just lock myself in the apartment and suffer the misery. i maintain the belief that its easier to hide my habit- needles and all, than it is to hide my very painful and public withdrawal)

so, seeing as how i don't have the luxury of getting my hands on certain scripts or the luxury of being useless to the world and isolated for several days.... i need advice from you all on how to get through this

things i know:
----i am not really interested in the maintenance replacements, especially methadone, i would consider suboxone if it was very short term, like a week
----i've heard others say to take loperamide (though i don't know for how long)
----kicking is not fun

things i don't know:
----without detox meds, how long can i expect the worst of the detox to last? how many days? (ie: the part that will be hard to hide from the people i live with)
----would taking tylenol w/codeine, zanax, or ativan help? i know there isn't enough codeine in 222 to properly replace the dope? and is it correct to believe that all xanax and ativan will do is take some edge off the anxiety?
----what kinds of food, basic things, etc should i stick to while kicking

thanx a mill guys, this is my first time posting on here and i appreciate any and all words of wisdom from people who've been down the same unpleasant road

vv

 

[vanillavaudevil]

ps: i have a limited amount of the benzos i mentioned (xanax and ativan) and a few clonopins

 

[funkgerm]

If you can get a hold of a couple suboxones it will help you get through the worst of it, but you will still feel shitty once you stop taking them. Loperamide helps a whole lot with diarrhea and stomach cramping and even restless legs. Id say on the 5th day you will start feeling better and start becoming functional again. Take lots of hot showers and stay hydrated.

Also, benzos will help out (especially with sleep), but don't overdo it.

 

[iameatingjam]

You'll be looking at about 7 days before the the physical withdrawal is over.

the codeine will help, but it definitely wont relieve the wds as much as methadone or sub would. But with codeine you wont really have to worry about switching addictions.

Eat healthy, simple as that. Eat a lot too. I find personally the more I eat the faster I heal.

 

[ADDlCTlON]

my kick was 3 weeks of pure hell, i ate soup and drank Gatorade until i could hold some real food down. I was a heavy, heavy user of good dope. It all depends on what you used and for how long